Pobtable wateb-closet



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

GEORGE R. WILLMOT, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

PORTABLE WATER-CLOSET.

Specification of Letters Patent N o. 8,462, dated October 21, 1851.

To all 'whom @'15 may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. TVVILLMOT, of Meriden, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improvedclose-closet for the pur pose of eectually conning the etiluvia arisingfrom the excrement; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description of t-he construction of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1, is an external view in elevation. Fig. 2, is a verticalsection, the inner vessel B being entire, taken at the line X, X, Figs.3 and 4. Fig. 3, is a top or birds eye view the cover of the case andalso the cover of the inner vessel being removed. Fig. 4, is a top orbirds-eye view showing a portion ot' the partition on which the innervessel rests; the circular rim being removed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of theseveral figures.

The nature of my invention consists in inclosing a vessel for theeXcrement in the interior of a case, said vessel resting on a partitionin the case in order to allow the inner vessel to be nearly as high asthe case which incloses it, the case being suliciently high to allow thegreatest ease to the person sitting'upon it; the inner vessels beingmuch lower than the case is brought up nearly as high by resting uponthe partition above mentioned. A circular rim of wood or other propermaterial sets around and partially over the cover of the inner vesseland covers the space between the inner vessel and the case, this rim isflush with the top of the case and forms the seat of the closet, a coveris placed over the top of the case which completes the arrangement andeffectually confines the etlluvia.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and adaptation.

A, is the case which incloses the inner vessel. This case may be of anydesirable form. The one represented is probably as ornamental as any. Itmay be constructed of tin, sheet metal, or any other suitable material,and should be of sufficient height to allow the greatest possible easeto the person sitting upon it, say from 15, 18, in. l B, is the innervessel also constructed of tin or sheet metal; this vessel B, rests uponthe partition a, see Fig. 2, and 4:, which allows the vessel B, to benearly as high as the case A, the partition a, has a circular cleat orprojection Z), upon it, Fig. 2 within which the bottom of the vessel B,ts.

C, is the cover of the vessel B, seen on the vessel in Fig. 2.

D, is a circular rim of wood or other proper material which fits overthe edge of the cover C, when it is on the vessel B, as seen in Fig. 2,this rim serves greatly toward confining the eiiiuvia by resting over'the edge of the cover C. W'hen the closet is to be used the cover C, istaken off the vessel B, by removing the circular rim D, and when thecover is off, the circular rim D, is replaced and rests upon the topedge of the vessel B, and the inner side of the case A, the outer edgeof the rim being beveled to suit the conical shape of the case, this rimD, when the cover C, is off the vessel B, forms the seat of the closet,see Fig. 3. Vhen it is designed to close the closet, the circular' rim Dis raised and the cover C, placed over the vessel B, the rim D, is thenreplaced setting a short distance over the edge of the cover, andiin'ally t-he cover E, (see Figs. l and 2,) is placed over the case A,which arrangement effectually connes the eftluvia. It will be seen byreferring to Fig. 2, that the vessel B is removed by a handle c, andbail d.

The advantages of this arrangement are, lst, in having the article ofsuiiicient height as to aord the greatest possible ease vto personsusing it, in many cases much mischief is done by using the ordinary lowvessel, especially to females in certainstages of complaints incident tothem; 2nd, the comparative small cost of manufacturing them; 3rd, thefacility of cleansing them, the inner vessel B, being all that isrequired to be removed and cleansed; 4th, the durability and ornamentalappearance, of the article.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, and the mannerin which it is constructed, what I claim as new and de-l sire to secureby Letters Patent is- The manner of construction as described, the seat,the Whole arrangement being covand for the purpose specied Viz: thevessel ered by the cover E, of the case A, substan- 10 B, restifng uponae partition a, n the ig tially as set fort-h. terior o the case and thecircular rim 5 projecting a short distance over the edge of GEO' R'VILLMOT' the cover C, when on the Vessel B, and rest'- WtneSS'es': ingupon the top edge of the vessel B, When CARLOS A. BUTLER, the cover C,is off of it, in order to form AeAPi-r MERRIAM.

